terrace
n
1 raised level area of ground or a series of these into which a hillside is shaped so that it can be cultivated 台地; 梯田.
2 flight of wide shallow steps, eg for spectators at a sports ground (梯级宽且矮的)台阶(如运动场之看台).
3 paved area beside a house (房侧的)铺砌地面. Cf 参看 patio.
4 continuous row of similarly designed houses in one block 排房(设计相同的一排房屋)
6 Olympic Terrace, ie in a postal address 奥林匹克排房6号(通信地址)
[attrib 作定语]
a terrace-house, ie one of those in such a row 一所排房(上述排房中的一所). =>illus at App 1 见附录1插图, page vi. terrace, v [Tn esp passive 尤用於被动语态] form (sth) into a terrace or terraces 使(某物)成梯田形或台阶形
a terraced hillside 阶梯状的山坡.
I insist on taking proper food for this expedition. The men often fall ill and suffer fever, so I have decided to take live animals.
我坚持认为,这次探险要携带合适的食物。水手经常生病发烧,因此我决定带活的动物。
In the evenings he studied hard for his exams, and most mornings he took tourists around Oxford.
他晚间努力学习,以应付考试,而大多数早上,他则带领游客在牛津大学参观。
At the time of his death, one person praised him as follows: Future generations, it may be, will hardly believe that such a person as this walked upon this earth.